The driver included with the package fglrx in 13.04 has an issue with unsupported hardware. The newer driver that ships with fglrx-updates seems to have corrected this issue. Please install the fglrx-updates package if possible. If you must stick with the older fglrx package, you may use one of the below workarounds. But be aware, you will not be able to use tools such as aticonfig.
[Older Description]-------------------------------------------------------------------
On the latest daily release of Raring, a watermark/overlay shows in the bottom-right corner of the screen when fglrx or fglrx-updates is installed. It reads "Unsupported hardware" and has the AMD logo above it on top of a semi-transparent black background.
This watermark is essentially equivalent to the "Testing use only" that appears when the proprietary beta drivers from AMD's website are installed. Therefore, the same workaround applies:
[Workaround] (USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!)
Step 1) Create and save shell script with the following contents:
#!/bin/sh
DRIVER=/usr/lib/fglrx/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
for x in $(objdump -d $DRIVER|awk '/call/&&/EnableLogo/{print "\\x"$2"\\x"$3"\\x"$4"\\x"$5"\\x"$6}'); do
sed -i "s/$x/\x90\x90\x90\x90\x90/g" $DRIVER
done
Step 2) Make the script executable
Step 3) Run the script
Step 4) Log out and log back in
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If the above workaround doesn't work for you, an alternative is to try the version of /etc/ati/control from the fglrx that shipped with Quantal.
Step 1) Save a backup of the old control file, just in case -- sudo cp /etc/ati/control /etc/ati/control.watermark
Step 2) Download the Quantal fglrx source package from https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/fglrx-installer/2:9.000-0ubuntu3/+files/fglrx-installer_9.000.orig.tar.gz -- you will NOT need to build or install it.
Step 3) Open that tar file with Archive Manager. Find etc/ati/control and extract it.
Step 4) Copy the freshly extracted version of control to /etc/ati/control then restart your system.
[Original Description]-------------------------------------------------------------------
After upgrading to raring and installing the latest fglrx package from the archive I get a AMD branded overlay in the bottom RHS of the screen with the message 'Unsupported hardware'.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: fglrx-updates 2:9.010-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-7.15-generic 3.7.0
Uname: Linux 3.7.0-7-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jan 11 13:27:06 2013
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer-updates
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-01-07 (3 days ago)
fglrxinfo
display: :0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series
OpenGL version string: 4.2.11986 Compatibility Profile Context